89m; France
Director: Jean Vigo
Synopsis: Portrait of couple and the crew of a cargo boat on the Seine. When separated, the women finds a job and survives and the man falls apart.
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L’enfant (The Infant) [2005]
95m; Belgium
Director: Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne
Cast: Jérémie Renier, Déborah François and Jérémie Segard
Synopsis: Bruno and Sonia, a young couple living off her benefit and the thefts committed by his gang, have a new source of money: their newborn son.
Land of the Dead (2005)
93m; U.S.
Director: George Romero
Cast: John Leguizamo, Asia Argento and Simon Baker
Synopsis: The fourth and most politically savvy of Romero¹s gory and satirical cycle of flesh-eating zombie movies shows us a world almost completely taken over by the ghouls. A group of rich Americans (led by Dennis Hopper) have protected themselves from the living dead in a heavily guarded luxury high-rise. Outside, other survivors with presumably less money scavenge for the wealthy amidst the zombie population, which is becoming increasingly intelligent and organized. –
Ironweed (1987)
143m; U.S.
Director: Hector Babenco
Cast: Jack Nicholson, Meryl Streep and Carroll Baker
Synopsis (IMDB): A schizophrenic drifter spends Halloween in his home town after returning there for the first time in decades.
Island in the Sun (1957)
119m; U.K.
Director: Robert Rossen
Cast: James Mason, Joan Fontaine, Dorothy Dandridge, Harry Belafonte
Synopsis (IMDB): Set on a fictitious island in the Carribean during colonial British rule. It focuses on the life of a young charismatic and handsome black man with political aspirations. He finds himself confused on returning home when his romantic liaison with a white female tends to conflict with his political views. As rumor has it an interracial screen kiss caused quite a commotion in the U.S. when the film was released. The plot is further strengthened by a look at the lives of a white ex-pat family also living on the island. The family has to deal with problems of infidelity, racism and murder.
Isn’t This a Time! (2004)
90m; U.S.
Director: Jim Brown
Synopsis: Pete Seeger, Arlo Guthrie, Theodore Bikel, Peter Paul & Mary and more celebrate folk music as an agent of social change, and links it explicitly to today’s struggles, including the war in Iraq. Inspiring.
It All Starts Today (2001)
France
Director: Bertrand Tavernier
Synopsis: Depressed coalmining region of France
It Should Happen to You (1954)
86m; U.S.
Director: George Cukor
Cast: Judy Holliday, Jack Lemmon and Peter Lawford
Synopsis: Gladys Glover has just lost her modelling job when she meets filmmaker Pete Sheppard shooting a documentary in Central Park. For Pete it’s love at first sight, but Gladys has her mind on other things — like making a name for herself. Through a fluke of advertising she winds up with her name plastered over 10 billboards throughout city. Suddenly all of New York is clamoring for Gladys Glover without knowing why and playboy Evan Adams III is making a play for Gladys that even Pete knows will be hard to beat.
It Takes a Child (1998)
56m
Director: Judy Jackson
Synopsis (Bulldog Films): Craig Kielburger was 12 years old when child labor activist Iqbal Massih was killed in Pakistan. He immediately went on a seven-week trip to South Asia. What he learned has turned him into a passionate, articulate and effective advocate on behalf of child laborers everywhere. He is determined to put child labor on the international agenda. He is 15 years old in this film.
He started a child-run organization called Free the Children, which now has 10,000 members worldwide. It directs lobbying and petition efforts at governments and big business. F.I.F.A. now won’t put its logo on any soccer balls that are made with child labor. Free the Children has raised over $150,000 to buy children out of bondage and create a school for them, while raising world awareness
Contact: http://www.bullfrogfilms.com/catalog/child.html
It’s An Attack (2008)
8m; U.S.
Synopsis: From Seattle and the WTO, to Mexico and the struggles of Los Mineros, to Colombia and the brutal murders of trade union activists, It’s an Attack highlights the global attack on workers and the ongoing activism of the United Steelworkers in fighting for the rights of all workers, in the U.S. and around the world. The video premiered at the USW 2008 Convention.
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